Wednesday, May 4, 2011

I finally did it! I made my own Magic Shell....finally after many many references Larissa made to me about making my own with coconut oil and cocoa.Tommy and Christine gave me a lovely glass jar of organic virgin coconut oil and so I decided to take the plunge and try it.Here is the recipe, so very simple.Magic ShellIn small saucepan, combine2 Tablsp. coconut oil4 Tablsp.. unsweetened cocoa1 Tablsp. honeyHeat gently until coconut oil has melted and all is combined and liquid-y.Take off heat. Using a teaspoon, drizzle the dark liquid over your ice cream. It will harden almost immediately. I likeVery yummy..you can add chopped nuts..that is even better.

2 weeks or so before Easter, soak some wheat kernels (also called wheat berries) overnight.In the morning, drain them in a sieve and then plop onto about 4 layers or so of wet paper towel that is nestled into a favorite bowl or container.Keep a squirt bottle filled with water nearby and occasionally squirt with water. Depends on where you live as to how much. In the desert here, I squirted it twice a day. If using a basket, have some plastic wrap on the very bottom of the basket, then put the wet paper towel on top of that.This was about 13 days later...If you have a cute critter to stick in the grass, do so This was on top of a screw on lid of a cantiner I got at Dollar Tree...it was perfect!...and of course some small eggs: